The Weasel and the Mice. 204 by Townsend.A WEASEL, inactive from age and infirmities, was not
able to catch mice as he once did. He therefore rolled
himself in flour and lay down in a dark corner. A Mouse,
supposing him to be food, leaped upon him, and was
instantly caught and squeezed to death. Another perished
in a similar manner, and then a third, Phaedrus4.2=Pe511, Cax4.2, Laf3.18, L'Es77. TMI K2061.9. The Cat and the Mice. 140 by Townsend.A CERTAIN HOUSE was overrun with Mice. A Cat, discovering this, made her way into it and began to catch and eat them one by one. Fearing for their lives, the Mice kept themselves close in their holes. The Cat was no longer able to get at them and perceived that she must tempt them forth by some device. For this purpose she jumped upon a peg, and suspending herself from it, pretended to be dead. One of the Mice, peeping stealthily out, saw her and said, "Ah, my good madam, even though you should turn into a meal-bag, we will not come near you." Pe79=Ch13, Ba17, Cax6.8, Laf3.18, L'Es116. |